Definition of Guava

1.n. A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum, or red guava. The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly.

Definition of Guava

2. Noun. Its yellowish tropical fruit, 1¼ to 2 inches, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies. The meat is yellowish or pale green to pink in color. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Guava

1. a tropical shrub [n -S]

Medical Definition of Guava

1.
A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. Pyriferum, or white guava, and P. Pomiferum, or red guava. The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly.
Origin: Sp. Guayaba the guava fruit, guayabo the guava tree; prob. Fr. The native West Indian name.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Guava

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1.The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have by Edward James Wickson (1921)"Mr. DW Coolidge, of Pasadena, gives his judgment of the standing of the guava in
California as follows: The guava is a plant of great value as an ornamental ..."

2.Fruit Recipes: A Manual of the Food Value of Fruits and Nine Hundred by Riley Maria Fletcher Berry (1907)"("Strawberry" is a name also familiarly applied to a small pink variety of the
common guava.) The thick-fleshed pear and apple types (taking their names ..."

3.Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1892)"The names "pear" guava and "apple" guava come from their resemblance in form to
these ... The guava jelly, which is known the world over as one of the most ..."

4.Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)"The white guava is a small, round fruit, grayish-white or yellow in color ...
The pear-shaped fruit, the guava of Peru, is about twice the size of the white ..."

5.The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1849)"Slaten Island, NY November, 1848. ART. VI. The guava (Psidium ... we were struck
with the appearance of a plant of this guava laden with fruit. ..."

6.Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1892)"The Red guava is a common variety in the East and West Indies, ... It resembles
in tree and fruit the Lemon guava, except that the fruit is red, beautiful, ..."